Fullers Bay of Islands

Fullers Bay of Islands

Infobox Company
name = Fullers Bay of Islands

type = Private company
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foundation = 1886
founder = Albert Ernest Fuller
location_city = Paihia, Bay of Islands
location_country = New Zealand
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industry = Travel and tourism
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services = Cruises, land tours, transport
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parent = InterCity Group (NZ) Ltd
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homepage = http://www.fboi.co.nz
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Fullers Bay of Islands is a major tourism company based in Northland, New Zealand. Today it is Northland's largest marine tourism operator with a wide range of cruises and land tours.

History

In 1886, Albert Ernest Fuller launched the “Undine” sailing ship in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_islands Bay of Islands] to deliver coal supplies to the islands within the Bay. With the fitting of a motor in the early 1900s, Fuller was able to deliver the coal and essential supplies to communities as far out as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Brett Cape Brett] . In 1927 Fuller acquired the “Cream Trip” from Eddie Lane – with the facilities on board to transport cream from the islands, and by the 1960s, the well known ‘Bay Belle’ started this run. Although a modern catamaran now takes this historical route (The Cream Trip), the Bay Belle continues to transport visitors and locals between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paihia Paihia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell,_New_Zealand Russell] throughout the day.

References

External links

* [http://www.fboi.co.nz Fullers Bay of Islands] (official company website)


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